Carolina Israelite : how Harry Golden made us care about Jews, the South, and civil rights
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Carolina Israelite : how Harry Golden made us care about Jews, the South, and civil rights
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9781469621036
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359 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Putting down roots in the goldeneh medina -- Heading South -- A new life and a new cause in Dixie -- Brown, flames, and fame -- Scandal and resurrection -- Ghosts and great men -- Grief, hope, and black power -- The real iron curtain -- Epilogue: Only in America.
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Summary:
"This first comprehensive biography of Jewish American writer and humorist Harry Golden (1902-1981), author of the 1958 national best-seller 'Only in America', illuminates a remarkable life intertwined with the rise of the civil rights movement, Jewish popular culture, and the sometimes precarious position of Jews in the South and across America during the 1950s"--
